“Topps sometimes treats their signature product as scraps of cardboard, but they’re really selling scraps of time.”
The End of American Exceptionalism
“…as Niebuhr and Lippmann understood, the best way to ensure that America remains an exceptional power—better than the predatory empires of the old world—is to remember that we are not inherently better at all.”
# 2014.02.04 – 22:49
Tweet by EricFisherSBJ
Nielsen: total number of hours of available sports TV programming up 232% in last decade. Hrs watched up only 27% by comparison.
— Eric Fisher (@EricFisherSBJ) February 4, 2014
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# 2014.02.04 – 15:43
What does your favorite music say about you? – The Week
“The music we listened to at 20 we’ll probably love for the rest of our lives. If we’re 35 when a new type of music appears it’s 95 percent likely we’ll never listen to it.”
# 2014.02.04 – 12:21
Tweet by suss2hyphens
Maybe the Sochi hotels aren't done yet because they had to first build four houses
— Matt Sussman (@suss2hyphens) February 4, 2014
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# 2014.02.04 – 08:31
Tweet by mediastudied
Just recorded @NewBooksNetwork podcast w/@jlwoj & @SamMillerBP.Thx to them & @kenarneson for writing 1 of my favorite baseball essays ever.
— matt sienkiewicz (@mediastudied) February 4, 2014
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# 2014.02.03 – 20:31
Tweet by TheAlamedan
VIDEO: Teen thespians serve up Shakespeare in #Alameda competition: http://t.co/2z4QXYlkZh
— Michele Ellson (@TheAlamedan) February 3, 2014
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# 2014.02.03 – 09:07
Tweet by mcrate_s
This teacher has a very clever idea. http://t.co/ktp2D4VlsC (c/o @testobsessed @Stepto)
— dave hoffer (@mcrate_s) February 1, 2014
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# 2014.02.03 – 07:19
Tweet by hangingsliders
@jay_jaffe My guess was Jeremy Affeldt
— Wendy Thurm (@hangingsliders) February 2, 2014
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# 2014.02.01 – 18:43
Tweet by gallopingael
@kenarneson the lines are always unbearable on Shakespeare bobblehead day. Glad I skipped it.
— Eric Nelson (@gallopingael) February 1, 2014
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# 2014.02.01 – 11:13
Tweet by SciencePorn
The car is a white Cube. And the number plate is the chemical equation for Glucose. Someone had fun doing this. http://ift.tt/1kln718
— SciencePorn (@SciencePorn) January 31, 2014
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# 2014.01.31 – 10:19
How To Slow Down Time
“Your sense of time is actually answered by a simple question: how much are you learning?”
# 2014.01.30 – 22:31
Tweet by dailycal
What if Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville had a light rail system? One artist draws up a plan for how it would look. http://t.co/jcK2AAPUmZ
— Daily Californian (@dailycal) January 29, 2014
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# 2014.01.29 – 16:20
Visible Supernova in M82
“MetaFilter user Ivan Fyodorovich offered up this plain-English explanation of what happens when a star dies and goes supernova. It’s a great read.” (via @kottke).
# 2014.01.29 – 15:04
Vimeo: “I Left My Heart” SF Timelapse Project
“I Left My Heart” SF Timelapse Project
# 2014.01.29 – 08:53
Tweet by daynperry
@kenarneson Just search Alta Vista for a workaround.
— Dayn Perry (@daynperry) January 29, 2014
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# 2014.01.28 – 17:49
Tweet by AndrewShimmin
@kenarneson I'd put my money on you even if it was a string quartet group next door, and you were on a morphine drip.
— Andrew Shimmin (@AndrewShimmin) January 28, 2014
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# 2014.01.28 – 15:55
Tweet by alexismadrigal
This is a super interesting critical essay on my Netflix piece and the idea of reverse engineering. Wow: https://t.co/1fCq0dsBgr @npseaver
— Alexis C. Madrigal (@alexismadrigal) January 28, 2014
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# 2014.01.28 – 13:07